15 July 2012 Roll On, Columbia, Roll On!

          Overlooked yesterday, admittedly cherry-picked.

           the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789;  - Bring on the French Revolution

            Born: July 14, 1912, Okemah OK

            Died: October 3, 1967, New York City – Music as an instrument of social and political change. 

1914 - Robert H. Goddard of Worcester, MA patented liquid rocket fuel on this day.

1927 - 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii
1932 - Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders
1933 - Germany began mandatory sterilization of those with hereditary illness
1933 - NSDAP becomes only party in Germany

1934 - 116°F (47°C), Orogrande NM (state record, broken on June 27, 1994)

1934 - NY Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time

1934 - Ruth hits 700th career home run
1936 - 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government

1938 - Benito Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifest
1940 - Lithuania becomes Lithuanian SSR
1941 - 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp
1941 - Cease fire of Joan of Arc (ends combat in Lebanon & Syria)
1941 - Jam rationed in Holland
1942 - 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork
1942 - Riots against Jews in Amsterdam
1944 - Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested
1944 - US assault on Coutances Cotentin

1945 - Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard  Japan

You can find more happenings for this date quite easily.